Wildfire · Puerto Rico

Wildfire February 16, 2013 · Southeast, Puerto Rico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Grass fires were reported between the municipalities of Guayama and Salinas.

The wider storm

Fuel dryness and enhanced sea breezes along with strong east southeast trade winds favored the development of fires mainly along the southern slopes of Puerto Rico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 437030. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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